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had in each category (road frontage and land at a distance from a road), I broke it down on the card that way. Otherwise, I broke it down in my head and came up with a average figure (to record on the assessment cards) that took that into account.”

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For new homes. Hall said he used construction costs to determine worth, using the same square foot value throughout the county. As an example, he figured one story brick homes at $30 per square foot and frame houses at $26 to $28 per square foot. “Exceptionally well built houses” were appraised at a slightly higher square foot rate, he said. Unfinished basements were appraised at $6 per square foot. “Most of the basements are carried as unfinished unless the owner

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